Patient Support

Water Exercise Programme

Water Exercise is a useful and effective exercise for patients with arthritis and rheumatism since the warm water relieves both the pain and stiffness of the joints, and the buoyancy of the water takes the strain off their weight-bearing joints. The patients can receive proper training from the attending physiotherapist so that they can continue the exercise elsewhere after these training sessions. The programme is solely relied on general donation to support and so only can accept the patients suffered from autoimmune diseases with rheumatologist’s referral due to a limited resource. From year 2020, this programme is funded by Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and included in the Jockey Club Rheumatic Patient Rehabilitation and Education Programme. The details of the program are as follows:

Target: Rheumatic patients with referral from Doctor/ Nurse in Rheumatology Specialist, from Rheumatology Self-help organizations or The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation – Community Rehabilitation Network (CRN)

• Referral form (Chinese only; Updated 1 December 2022) 

Venue:
Caritas Harold H. W. Lee Care And Attention Home

Time:
3:45pm – 4:45pm (Class A)

4:45pm – 5:45pm (Class B)

5:45pm – 6:45pm (Class C)
6:45pm – 7:45pm (Class D)

Fee: $300.00 (6 sessions per phase)
(Half-fee for CSSA recipients)
(No refund)

☆ The fee will be collected before the first session.
☆ If the participant is absent more than twice without reason, he/she could not apply for the next phase.

Exercise Programme

Most of the arthritis patients will have joint pain and so they will do less exercise to avoid the painfulness. However, the lack of exercise will result in the stiffness and degeneration of the joints. Thus, the Foundation organizes the exercise class to teach the patients how to improve the condition. A physiotherapist will teach a group of 8-10 patients how to exercise properly. Also, the exercise will be designated for arthritis patients to release their pain. From year 2020, this programme is funded by Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and included in the Jockey Club Rheumatic Patient Rehabilitation and Education Programme.

Referral Form (Updated on 21 August 2021) (Chinese only)

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	Target: Patients suffered from Autoimmune Arthritis diseases
	Venue: HKARF Jockey Club Patient Resource & Training Centre
	Fee: $300.00 for a 6-lesson course
	(Half price for CSSA recipients)
	(No refund)

Occupational Therapist consultation service

Occupational therapists provide suggestion to arthritis patients on joint protection and teach them how to use adaptive equipment to improve daily living skills. Also, they can tailor make splints for patients. Occupational therapy is important to arthritis patients as most of them suffer from joints problem. However, there is service gap in the public medical system and patients need to wait 4 to 6 months to meet the occupational therapists. In order to let the patients meet the therapists earlier, the Foundation launched this consultation service and hoped to help patients improve the joints situation earlier.

Doctor Referral Form (Updated 10 Jan 2019)

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Target: Patients suffered from Autoimmune Arthritis diseases
Venue: HKARF Jockey Club Patient Resource & Training Centre
Fee: $80.00 per consultation
(Half price for CSSA recipients)
(Any adaptive equipment purchase not included in the fee)

Rheumatic Patient Self-Management Programme (RPSMP)

Target: Patients suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and lupus.

No. of participants each course: 12 (4 lessons and 1 reunion)

Fee: $60 (free for CSSA recipients)

Referral Form (Updated on 21 Aug 2021)

Please refer to the poster to read the course information (Chinese Version Only).

Date & Venue:（Updated on 15 December 2021）

Laughter Yoga Workshop

Laughter Yoga sessions start with gentle warm-up techniques which include stretching, chanting, clapping and body movement. This help breaks down inhibitions and develops feelings of ‘childlike playfulness’. Breathing exercises are used to prepare the lungs for laughter, followed by a series of ‘laughter exercises’ that combine the method of acting and visualization techniques with playfulness. These exercises, when combined with the strong social dynamics of group behaviour, lead to prolonging and hearty unconditional laughter.

	Target: Patients suffered from autoimmune arthritis diseases
	Venue: HKARF Jockey Club Patient Resource & Training Centre
	Fee: $80.00 for a 4-lesson course
	(Half price for CSSA recipients)
	(No refund)
	Session 1: Experience Laughter yoga Session 2: How Laughter yoga helps to release the negative feeling Session 3: Create your own Laughter yoga Session 4: Laughter yoga at the picnic Doctor Referral Form（ Updated on 10 Jan 2019）

Floor Curling Training Workshop

Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics and floor curling is an adapted version. It can be played by people of all ages and abilities, even for those using wheelchairs. The Foundation would like to introduce this special and interesting sport which is suitable for them. It is a team play game and can develop mutual help among the patients too.

Floor curling training workshop (Basic) Date: May or September 2019 (Every Tue) Time: 7pm – 8:30pm No. of participants: 12 per class Floor curling training workshop (Advanced) Date: July or November 2019 (Every Tue) Time: 7pm – 8:30pm No. of participants: 12 per class** Participants who had to finish basic workshop and the attendance was more than 75% are eligible for advanced class ** Doctor Referral Form（Updated on 10 Jan 2019）